This is a list of text-based IF’s (Interactive Fiction) that I and another user from itch.io, xSai or Bladed-Barbwire on Discord, made on itch.io, and I thought I’d share this here with you guys in case anyone is interested. All the credit goes to xSai for coming up with the idea. Also, note that, neither I nor xSai own the rights to any of these IF’s; we are just recommending them to people as we believe they deserve more recognition and people might actually end up enjoying them. The list was made on itch.io and so, unfortunately, will have to be accessed from there for anyone wanting to access them from here. The list also had to be split into separate parts as we ran out of characters to use. All the IF’s are completely text-based, a few using some visuals and/or images, but none of them are full Visual Novels. Almost all of the IF’s are made in Twine, with a few being made in ChoiceScript, Ren’py, or some other engine. Most of the IF’s are free-to-play, some are pay-to-play, and some are free until they’re completed and/or a price is decided. Some of the IF’s have extra DLC’s or bonus side content on their itch.io page or on the author’s patreon, which are either free-to-play or pay-to-play. Most of the IF’s can be played in a browser (works best in the itch.io app, Chrome, Firefox and some other browsers. Not guaranteed to work in every browser) with some also having a download option, but there are some IF’s that only have a download option and no browser one. Most of the IF’s can be played on PC and mobile, but some are not compatible for mobile. A lot of the IF’s are also unfinished WIP’s (Work In Progress); some of them are already completed, close to completion, just started, or may have been discontinued. Some of the links of the IF’s also don’t work, stop working for a while before working again, or ask for a password to access; perhaps due to being discontinued, shut down for maintenance, or for some other reason. We will continue to keep updating the list as we find more IF’s. We also have a discord server, a lemmy community, a subreddit, a tumblr blog, and a cohost page dedicated just for this. If you, or anyone else have any IF’s you want to recommend, feel free to share them on here, the three itch.io topics, the discord server, the subreddit, the tumblr blog, or the cohost page (They have to be text-based IF’s from itch.io and need to have at least some kind of interactivity. IF’s from other sites, Visual Novels, or some other type of game will not be accepted). Or if you just want to talk, or ask me for some suggestions on which IF’s to try, then feel free to do that as well. Anyway, thank you for your time, and I hope you have a good day, folks. Cheers!
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This wall of text reads like self-interested promotion, rather than community discussion or valuable information.
I mean, I am promoting games, but not my own. It is as the title suggests, I’m just recommending other people’s work if anyone’s interested. I suppose I should’ve at least put in some paragraphs to make it easier to read
People sometimes post in this format to promote their blog, or their review channel, or whatever other content they’re pushing. In that sense, it’s self-promotion even if the content talks about someone else’s work.
The difference between self-promotion and wanted, valued information is sometimes more of a blurry area than a clear line. I see more of the former than the latter in this case.
I won’t report the post as spam, at least for now, because I think there’s some good meta-discussion in the comments.
Was going to ask if you’re a bot due to spamming the exact same post in 55 different communities if I counted it right, but looks like by this comment above you’re not. Still, seeing the exact same post several times through the week is a great way not to promote those games, but to scare or anger people away from them.
It’s possible that a post in this format might have been motivated by honest belief that we all would find it valuable, rather than a goal of farming clicks. It’s possible that a wall of text might be created because the author hasn’t yet learned what paragraphs are. It’s possible that the same post sent to dozens of communities might have been because the person behind it doesn’t really understand the fediverse. It’s possible that their account sat dormant for a quarter of a year before posting because their free time disappeared just as they were getting started with Lemmy. It’s possible that the account is run by a person, rather than an autonomous bot.
But in this case, I don’t think most of that is true. This post trips too many of my spam alarms.
Edit: Looks like they were banned from lemmy.world, apparently for spamming the same thing.
